Bøger af Peter Swan

Sean Caughlin, a ruthless businessman, died in his sleep inside his locked bedroom at an up-scale resort. He was there for a high-stakes poker weekend with old friends and associates. Caughlin's daughter, uncertain about the Medical Examiner's conclusion of heart failure, hires PI Rick Conwright to look into her father's death. Rick learns that each person at the game had a reason to hate the deceased. Why did they all gather for a weekend of cards after years of estrangement? What were the men holding back? Probing through the conspiracy of silence, stumbling upon a deadly smuggling ring, and uncovering hidden relationships, Rick finally identifies an ingenious killer. With the help of a curious engineer, a colorful Antiguan detective, a professional computer hacker, the owner of a bicycle messenger service, and a beautiful television newscaster, Rick closes in. A trap is set, but just as Rick gets the proof he needs, he must fight his way out of a deadly confrontation. The killer escapes and Rick must pursue him on a fog-choked river with everything on the line.

A mild-mannered arborist, Brian Westlake, is killed while walking his dog in Portland's vast urban wilderness, Forest Park. The police think it was a simple robbery gone bad, but have turned up no real leads. The dead man's brother hires PI Rick Conwright to learn why Brian died and who murdered him. Rick discovers a former Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms agent has suddenly vanished, leaving a happy marriage and a successful second career behind. Rick believes the two cases could be linked. His fast-moving investigation takes him from the Arizona desert to the San Francisco Bay Area as he starts to connect the dots. But all is not quite as it seems. Rick must return to Portland and solve the murder of a college coed eight years earlier to identify and apprehend Brian's killer.

After midnight, a professor's body is found at the base of a tall campus building. As homicide detective "Park" Fealder and his rookie partner, Tamara Berbieri examine the facts, it looks less like a suicide and more like someone "helped" the professor fall from the locked-off balcony many stories above. The dead man, a scholar and researcher, had made enemies on and off campus, but which of them visited him on that fateful evening? In this story of greed and deception, Park and Tami must look past false leads and inter-twined lives to draw out and capture a clever and ruthless killer.

Unit Two covers physical and chemical properties, mixtures, solutions, and compounds, atomic structure and the periodic table, elements and compounds. Includes background and topic-specific material in accord with the following NGSS standards: MS-PS1-1: Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures.MS-PS1-2: Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred.MS-PS1-3: Gather and make sense of information to describe that synthetic materials come from natural resources and impact society.MS-PS1-4: Develop a model that predicts and describes changes in particle motion, temperature, and state of a pure substance when thermal energy is added or removed.MS-PS1-5: Develop and use a model to describe how the total number of atoms does not change in a chemical reaction and thus mass is conserved

This is the teacher's guide for Unit 4. Contains essential background for each section, elaboration on nuances and challenging material, explanations of some simplified models. Includes solutions for all Practice Problems, Extending Ideas, and other formative questions presented in the main text. Also provides equipment lists for each experiment and activity, teacher instructions, expected outcomes of each activity, and additional supplemental material. This text is an essential adjunct to any instructor using the Action Science textbook.

The Teacher's Guide for the Action Science Middle School Physical Science series / Unit 1.Contains essential background for each section, elaboration on nuances. explanations of some simplified models.Includes solutions for all Practice Problems, Extending Ideas, and other formative questions presented in the main text.Also provides equipment lists for each experiment and activity, teacher instructions, and expected outcomes of each activity.This is an essential adjunct to any instructor using the Action Science textbook.

This 18-month study has produced some remarkable results during a time of transition inside the space arena. As the dreams of many describe customer needs and lead to more assets in space (at GEO, the Moon and Mars), the realization grows that a robust permanent transportation infrastructure is desperately needed. Essentially, we (ISEC) must insert the "positive environmental impact" aspect of spaceflight into a new vision. Everyone needs to understand the potential benefits of liftoffs accomplished by electricity. Our new vision is:Space Elevators are the Green Road to Space - they enable humanity's most important missions by moving massive tonnage to GEO and beyond. They accomplish this safely, routinely, inexpensively, daily and they are environmentally neutral.This study shows how the Space Elevator can actually enhance the Earth's environment and accomplishes much to fulfill the dreams of many. The compatible and complementary combination of future rockets and Space Elevators leads to the implementation of the Dual Space Access Architecture which enables:Rockets to open up the Moon and Mars with Space Elevators to supply and grow the colonies. In addition, Space Elevators will enable Green Missions such as, Space Solar Power and L-1 Sun Shades.

A NEW Space Transportation Paradigm has emerged. Ideas brought forward in this report are presented in clear and understandable ways, although a revolutionary concept is becoming real. The envisioned cooperative and collaborative operations between rockets and space elevators will benefit mankind into the next century. 1- Space Elevators can be accomplished because there is a material for the tether, 2- Space Elevators are Earth Friendly, and 3- Space Elevators ENABLE Interplanetary Missions with:o Fast Transit to Mars (as short as 61 days, with variations out to 400+)o Can release towards Mars EVERY day (no 26 month wait)o Can move massive amounts of cargo (170,000 Metric tonnes/year to GEO and beyond)

This study was designed to take the concept of Space Elevators and answer some questions relative to space debris. The team built upon the 2010 study on the topic and addressed many other issues to include:¿ The probabilities of orbital conjunctions between a space elevator and debris in Low Earth Orbit, Geo Earth Orbit, and Medium Earth Orbit.¿ The growth rate of space debris as it threatens operational space elevator (2010, 2019, 2030)?¿ Mitigation of risk for the space community through design, policies, operations, and lowering the threat. This year's study topic focused upon calculations for potential conjunction probabilities from densities of debris for 2010, 2019, and 2030. ""Space debris mitigation is an engineering problem with definable quantities such as density of debris and lengths/widths of targets. With proper knowledge and good operational procedures, the threat of space debris is not a show-stopper. However, mitigation approaches must be accepted and implemented robustly.""

In the last year, the International Space Elevator Consortium assessed that basic technological needs can be met with current capabilities: and, each segment of the Space Elevator Transportation System is ready for engineering validation. Because of the availability of a new material as a potential Space Elevator tether, the community strongly believes that a Space Elevator will be initiated in the near term. Included in the book is a series of appendices that are tremendous references to the status of the space elevator today. Included are a lexicon of space elevator terms, over 750 references in the bibliography, short descriptions of eight ISEC year-long studies and two IAA 4-year studies on space elevators, as well as a summary of over 20 Architectural Notes covering the development of space elevator technologies.

SCUBA live aboard trip preparation. Step Zero process enables one to go on an adventure called an underwater photo safari with confidence. The appendix has a long checklist of things to bring and actions to complete. The book prepares one to go on a live aboard SCUBA adventure by assisting the answers to... Where do I want to go? How do I do it? Who shall I go with? How much do I pack? What do I need on the trip?What

The subject selected for this 2013 study is the Space Elevator Tether Climber. The objective of the one year study was to survey current concepts and technologies related to tether climbers, identify critical issues, questions, and concerns, assess their impact on the development of space elevators, and project towards the future. The following are a few of the conclusions:¿ The study used the concept of "constant power" as a baseline because of its ability to lower design requirements on the tether climber. ¿ The mass breakout of 6 MT for a climber and 14 MT for customer payloads seems feasible. The estimate is that with a travel time of one week to GEO seven tether climbers can be on a tether simultaneously. ¿ The communication architecture should be integrated into the space elevator infrastructure and nodal layout. ¿ Solar power, as the sole source, appears achievable.¿ The use of laser power as the sole source also seems achievable.

The match-fixing case of the early 1960s robbed England centre-half Peter Swan of the best years of his career. Including rare photographs, this book presents the inside story of one of football's most controversial episodes. It also talks about Peter's life and his career, debunking many of the myths and half-truths that surrounded the affair.